“She’ll be wonderful.” Jane’s eyes watched her sister’s form as a wind blew past them all.
“You know that we need you.” Ruric said quietly as Hope grabbed onto her mother’s finger that was offered to her. “And we get your undivided attention.”
“For now.” She said and smiled as he leaned in to capture her lips.
“And we have the only goblin human child that is going to save our race.”
“For now.” Jane repeated.
She watched with sheer pleasure as the confusion made his brow furrow.
“What?”
“Oh come on, Ruric. You can’t tell me you haven’t noticed?”
“Noticed what?”
Jane pointed at two figures that stood at the edge of the crowd that was slowly gathering to watch the sunset. “Catherine and Illyrin?”
“No.” Ruric sat back and shook his head firmly. “She has never shown interest and Illyrin is far too practical to ever waste his time on a woman.”
“Excuse me?” Jane raised an eyebrow.
Ruric blushed but remained silent.
“They’re together.”
“They are not.” He repeated firmly.
“Really?” She nodded her head towards the two figures that reached out to hold hands behind each others backs. No one in the crowd around them would have noticed, but Ruric and Jane had not been noticed.
“Well.” Ruric appeared stumped.
“My thoughts are that the reason why she wants that machine so badly is that she’s already pregnant.”
“But how could she?” His cheeks heated. “She can hardly breathe normally.”
“She breathes just fine now. Catherine spends most of her time underground and the clean cool air has done wonders.”
Jane reached out to brush her fingers against the smooth skin of her daughter’s cheek.
“How is it that I didn’t notice?” Ruric muttered.
“You didn’t notice Frank and Luther either.” She replied wryly.
“What?”
“I suppose losing that eye of yours made you blind to everything!”
“You’re lying!”
“I never lie.” She laughed as he pulled her up and into his arms. In that moment, she knew she was home.
“Humans always lie.” He whispered against her lips.
“Not this one.”
Hope pressed her hands against both her parents cheeks and laughed with a high pitched squeal.
This wasn’t the place Jane had expected her life to lead, but she had discovered it was the best place for her.
Thank you
I wanted to say a heartfelt thank you to each and every person that has read this series. I never thought that anyone would read it, let alone all of you! I’ve found amazing friends, wonderful editors, all through writing a book that I sent out into the world.
I hope you enjoyed reading this book as much as I enjoyed writing it. If you did like it, please make sure to review it and tell your friends.
Before you ask, I will not be publishing a third book in this series any time soon. There are many other directions and roads to go with Willow, Luther, and all of your favorites. But Ruric and Jane’s story is completed and it’s time for me to move onto other worlds and characters. Someday, I will return to the much beloved world of Silnarra.
Please feel free to contact me any time through facebook or emmahamm.com. I love hearing from you!
Once more, thank you again for reading. I’ll see all of you again in the next book.
Sincerely,
Emma
